Alaena ochracea

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Alaena
Species: Alaena ochracea

Name

Alaena ochracea D.R.Gifford, 1965

Type locality: Malawi: “Zomba”.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Alaena nyassae ochracea (var.) Butler, 1893: 659; Stempffer, 1967: 9. Infrasubspecific.
• Alaena ochracea Gifford, 1965: 41; Williams, 2007: Pentilina 10.

References

• Butler, A.G. 1893. On two Collections of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq. CB, from British Central Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 643–684, pl.60. BHL, plate. Reference page. 
• Gifford, D.R. 1965. Butterflies of Malawi. Blantyre, Malawi, The Society of Malawi. vii+151pp, Pls A-I. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.